Rather than being sold by him, she might as well be dead!
Seeing Chuncao like this, the middle - aged woman spoke with a shrill voice again, "You ungrateful thing! We are so poor. You are just a money - loser and you've been... You're a used woman. How could you marry into a good family? It's already your fortune to marry to the second Wang. You are still so picky. Don't you look at your poor look? Who would take a fancy to you?"
"Money - loser, get married quickly. I'm still waiting for your betrothal gifts to marry a wife!"
"Which family doesn't treat their daughters like this? Are you the only one precious? It's already good enough for you to marry the second Wang. Otherwise, it's a shame for a person like you to live! You've lost our Zhang family's face! You must marry today. If you don't marry, just kill yourself. Our Zhang family can't afford to lose face!"
"..."
Mo Litian and Liu Rumei were standing on one side. Their faces were all ashen and a bit angry.
The commoners around were all watching this good show. None of them spoke. Although some people were angry, it was just a small part. In ancient times, people raised daughters in this way. They raised their daughters up and found a good family to marry them off to earn some betrothal gifts. It was said that raising sons would support them when they were old. Raising daughters was useless.
This Zhang family girl was also a used woman. No one dared to marry her. Only the second Wang would marry her. It couldn't be said that the Zhang family was too much.
However, there were still some people who dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak. Just as Xue Zhan said, they all knew what kind of person the second Wang was. They were afraid that this Zhang Chuncao would be sold to the brothel by the second Wang in a few days and be exchanged for silver.
"How could you be so cruel to your own daughter?"
"What the lord said is right. Everyone knows clearly. If this person marries him, she will be sold to the brothel in a few days. Are you, the mother, so cruel?"
"Pah! She is just a money - loser and a used woman. It's already good enough that there is a man willing to marry her. She still wants to be picky? If I were her, I would have hanged myself long ago. How could I come back to make a fool of myself?"
"What you said is right. I don't want to raise her for a lifetime. What can twenty taels of silver do?"
"Besides, we didn't sell her to others. We just found a marriage for her. My lord, you are managing too much!"
"You are just quibbling!"
"..."
Mo Litian's face was getting more and more ugly. He couldn't help but step forward and said coldly, "Since this is the case, then return the twenty taels of silver to the court. You can do whatever you want!"
"Who are you? It's not your turn to talk!" The middle - aged woman was ready to scold impolitely.
She didn't plan to find her daughter back when she lost her. Anyway, she was a money - loser. It was a waste of food to keep her at home. Moreover, she had been lost for so many days. She must have lost her virginity. She didn't want to raise such a money - loser.
But she didn't expect that the yamen runners would send her back and give her twenty taels of silver! The silver was hers once it was given to her! How could she take it back?
Besides, the second Wang was willing to give her twenty taels of silver as the betrothal gifts. A used woman earned her forty taels of silver. She was about to get the silver, but unexpectedly, an official of the capital came out. Were officials amazing? She didn't sell her daughter. It was just her dowry. Why not?
Xue Zhan looked better when he saw the person coming, but he was still cold. He had been in a stalemate here for a long time!
The yamen runner who brought Mo Litian and Liu Rumei here angrily said, "Open your dog eyes. How dare you be rude to the crown prince!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this. They knelt down quickly, "Your humble servant pays respects to the crown prince. May the crown prince live for a long, long time!"
Mo Litian's gentle voice was a bit cold. He said indifferently, "You don't need to be so polite!"
After he said this, he shifted his sight to the family and still said, "This prince once said that since we gave you twenty taels of silver, you couldn't sell this girl. It was the same for marriage. If you sold her, you had to return all the twenty taels of silver. If she was sold by her husband's family after marriage, it was the same!"
When he said this, everyone was stunned on the spot.
In this way, it was said that the second Wang couldn't sell this person! Otherwise, he needed to return the twenty taels of silver!
The second Wang was stunned on the spot. He obviously didn't expect that there was such a saying.
The middle - aged couple was anxious, "Your Highness, when you sent her back, you didn't say this!"
Xue Zhan immediately snorted and said to the yamen runner on one side, "Who sent this family? Did they say clearly?"
A yamen runner respectfully stepped forward. He looked at the couple disgustedly and said, "I have clearly told these two people that if they sold this girl, they had to return the silver!"
But he really didn't say that if she was sold by her husband's family after marriage! However, looking at this girl so pitifully, he was also a bit partial.
The couple didn't expect that the scope was so wide!
The second Wang was immediately unhappy, "Return the betrothal gifts to me. I won't marry!"
He just saw that this woman was good - looking and had a good figure. He just wanted to try something new. He might make a fortune if he sent her to the whorehouse in a few days! But unexpectedly, there was such a rule! Wouldn't he lose?
The middle - aged couple was naturally unwilling, "Second Wang, you said that you wanted to marry my daughter at the beginning! Why don't you marry her if you say so?"
The child also pulled the middle - aged woman's sleeve, "Mom, didn't you say that you would make new clothes for me if you sold this money - loser?"
"Return the silver to me quickly!"
"Second Wang, how could you go back on your words? If you don't marry, won't the silver that I'm about to get fly away?"
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glare angrily at Zhang Chuncao! Money - loser, she was useless!
The commoners around were all laughing. They knew very well why the second Wang wanted to marry this girl. Now that his plan had failed, it was really funny.
Xue Zhan saw this and let out a sigh of relief. The corner of his mouth also hooked up with a smile. He immediately ordered the yamen runners to take back the silver from those families who also took advantage of loopholes!
Then he was ready to leave.
It was a family matter after all. It was already a bit inappropriate for him to get involved. If he continued to manage, he was afraid that he would attract gossips.
Unexpectedly, the young girl cried and crawled in front of Mo Litian. She cried and said to Mo Litian, "Your Highness, please take in this commoner girl. If this commoner girl goes back, she will surely be beaten to death!"
Xue Zhan saw this. A trace of mockery flashed in his eyes. He originally thought that this woman was a bit smart and could escape to the yamen to sue, but unexpectedly, she was so'smart'!